Climate averages 1991–2020
Tahoua weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Tahoua: daytime highs average 40.3°C and nights cool to about 25.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.0 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 49 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Birni N Konni (122 km away). In May its highs average 40.3°C, about as warm as Tahoua, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Niger, Tahoua ranks joint 4th of 8 for the warmest May highs and 5th of 8 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 8 cities is 40.3°C; Tahoua is level with that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 38.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.0 mm to 16 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Tahoua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.311 h |
| February | 33.7°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| March | 37.6°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 40.5°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 0.8 | 0.4 | 12.512 h |
| May, selected | 40.3°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 9.0 | 2.7 | 12.813 h |
| June | 38.9°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 16 | 5.3 | 13.013 h |
| July | 35.7°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 43 | 10.1 | 12.913 h |
| August | 33.4°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 90 | 13.1 | 12.613 h |
| September | 36.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 29 | 6.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 37.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 5.3 | 1.6 | 11.812 h |
| November | 34.9°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| December | 31.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.311 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Birni N Konni in MayNiger · 122 kmHigh 40.3°C · Low 27.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Sokoto in MayNigeria · 203 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 27.8°C · 21 mm rain
- Maradi in MayNiger · 251 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 25.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Birnin Kebbi in MayNigeria · 294 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 27.8°C · 27 mm rain
- Dosso in MayNiger · 303 kmHigh 39.9°C · Low 27.6°C · 13 mm rain
- Jega in MayNigeria · 312 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 27.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Katsina in MayNigeria · 328 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 25.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Gusau in MayNigeria · 338 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 39 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Tahoua) is explained once on the Tahoua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.